This study has a dual ambition. One is to develop, for the first time ever, a complete Theory of tax expenditures and, therefore, a proposal for reforming the French tax loophole system. Having noted the proliferation of such loopholes in France and elsewhere over the past 20 years or so, we...

The present study has two aims: to present our General Theory of Social and Tax Expenditures; and to apply this to the French tax system. After highlighting how the evaluation and management of tax loopholes has failed in France and the rest of the developed world, the first section discusses...